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Praxis Series

Romantic Circles
Praxis is a series of peer-reviewed critical volumes devoted to the field of Romanticism and its theoretical underpinnings. Closer in form to a scholarly book of essays than a critical journal, each volume in Romantic Circles Praxis Series (RCPS) explores a particular subject, figure, or theoretical approach, such as the gothic, contemporary culture, discourses of empire, and many others.

February 2005

This volume addresses the question of
"Romanticism and the Insistence of the
Aesthetic" by considering Romantic versions of
the relationship between the aesthetic and power,
whether as a form of violence or a force of
possibility. Edited by Forest Pyle, with
essays by Ian Balfour,
David
Ferris, Karen Swann and a
response by Marc
Redfield.

February 2004

A look at book-culture and bibliomania in early
19th-century England, as seen through emerging genres
such as the familiar essay, and the formation of
private libraries as personal sites of collection and
memory. Edited by Ina Ferris, with essays by
H. J.
Jackson, Ina Ferris and
Deidre
Lynch.

July 2003

Looks at the influence of
Romanticism on poets writing today, presenting three
divergent analyses of five contemporary poets.
Includes contributions from both Romanticists and
critics of modern (and postmodern) poetry. Edited
by Lisa M.
Steinman, with essays by Charles Altieri,
Robert
Kaufman, and Ellen Keck
Stauder.

January 2003

An electronic version of an
interview with Morris Eaves,
Robert Essick,
and Joseph
Viscomi, editors of The Blake Archive,
on the 10th anniversary of its founding. With topics
of conversation running the gamut from the winsome
(Blake kitsch) to the peculiar (hypothetical
extensions of Blake's canon). Edited by
Kari
Kraus.

June 2002

An interview with noted
Romanticist Jerome Christensen, presented in the form
of a multi-linked site organized around a
constellation of "common topics" found in
Christensen's work. Offers a revised transcript,
and audio files. Edited by Steven
Newman.

May 2001

A reading of Shelley's
interventionist poetry of 1819-20-including his
satires The Mask of Anarchy and Swellfoot
the Tyrant-as provocations, dialectical
interventions, and pretexts for speculation.
Edited by Michael
Scrivener, with essays by Samuel
Gladden, Robert
Kaufman, and Mark
Kipperman, with responses by Steven E.
Jones.

March 2001

An investigation into the
scientific thought of Romantic writers, looking at
the Romantics' conflicted attitudes
toward Enlightenment-based science, and offering
speculative explorations of their work in the
framework of more recent scientific developments.
Edited by Hugh Roberts,
essays by Arkady
Plotnitsky and R. Paul
Yoder.

January 2000

An examination of the works of
Friedrich Schelling, one of the three major figures
in the philosophical and aesthetic history of the
Romantic period, and important influence on
Coleridge. This volume looks particularly at
Schelling's writings on freedom. Edited by
David S.
Ferris, essays by Jan
Mieszkowski, David S. Ferris,
and David L.
Clark.

August 1999

A debate on the question of
aesthetics and the uses of pleasure in Romanticism,
looking at the role of affective experience in
aesthetic judgment and the production of meaning, as
played out in the interior and social worlds.
Edited by Karen Weisman,
with essays and responses by Theresa Kelley and
Thomas
Pfau.